More great urban music from the second place after Chi-Town to have a bustling underground R&B scene. From Detroit, MI.... more top quality R&B that you probably haven't heard of before and found exclusively on the above compilation from the turn of the millennium. Sort of appearing like a sampler of sorts, altogether there are 2 songs each by 7 different artists dabbling in hardcore hip hop and R&B. The first artist of interest, Roskó, is a smooth male artist who combines R&B with visuals "...As you listen to his smooth yet strong
Elsie Muniz
The Urban Latina.
Kandi and Tiny
Off The Hook: Unreleased demos from the early 2000s!
P!nk
The Truth About Choice.
MQ3
Another shelved R'n'B group from 1997
Shiro
The First Lady of SoulPower.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Sir 'tifyde: Freak The Phone (EP) (MoStar Records, 1997)
By Jewelz Smooth 9:41 PM
Another obscure male artist - from Godfrey IL - that I know absolutely nothing about but despite the hip hop alias, all 4 tracks on his EP are smooth, sexy male R&B at its best complete with phat talkboxes, female rappers and even a bit of early Brandy Norwood (check out the partial interpolation of I Wanna Be Down in track 4's pre-chorus).
Just recently sold for $167 on eBay...just remember where you heard it first.
Freak The Phone 3:20Just recently sold for $167 on eBay...just remember where you heard it first.
Love Me 4:22
California 4:31
Bad Girl 3:28